2 Samuel 14:20

New English Translation

Your servant Joab did this so as to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like that of the angel of God, and knows everything that is happening in the land.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:5

for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil.”

2 Samuel 14:17

So your servant said, ‘May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the Lord your God be with you!’”

2 Samuel 18:13

If I had acted at risk of my own life – and nothing is hidden from the king! – you would have abandoned me.”

2 Samuel 19:27

But my servant has slandered me to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.

2 Samuel 19:28

After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! What further claim do I have to ask the king for anything?”

2 Samuel 5:23

So David asked the Lord what he should do. This time the Lord said to him, “Don’t march straight up. Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 29:5

The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

1 Samuel 29:9

Achish replied to David, “I am convinced that you are as reliable as the angel of God! However, the leaders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us in the battle.’